MOBILE BIZCARD MARKET HEATS UP WITH BEAMME V 3.0.

Mobile business card provider rmbrme (www.rmbrme.com) released beamME Pro 3.0 to coincide with release of Apple's iPhone OS 3.0. Rmbrme emphasizes user friendly features and social responsibility: no spam, environmentally friendly, and doesn't require recipient to sign up.

BeamME Pro costs $ 1.99 at the App Store and gives the subscriber service including upgrades, backup, and priority support. BeamME is rated 3 stars in the App Store for all versions; the customer ratings vary widely--of the 116 ratings reported, 39 were five stars, while 45 were one star. The App Store says there haven't been enough reviews of the current version to produce an average.

beamME
Feature	Notes	Pro	Lite
Contact Mapping	uses iPhone location feature; tag where people met; view contacts on map.	y	n
Send any card	Yes	y	n
Send card via SMS, Email, or via beamME	Yes (SMS delivers a link)	y	n
Communication History	review all contact transmissions.	y	n
Advertising-free		y	n
Beam to Twitter		y	n
Subscription	$ 4.99 / month (not required)	y	n
Software Not Required	Recipients receive industry-standard vCard and do not need beamME software.	y	y
Uses iPhone address book		y	y
Setup time	claim twenty seconds	y	y

-Stuart Whitaker